28TH
JULY
NATIONAL DAY OF PERU
FEAST DAY OF
"ST NAZARIUS; ST CELSUS; ST BOTVID;
ST SAMSON OF DOL." |
| 28TH |
1540 |
"KING HENRY VIII" MARRIES HIS FIFTH WIFE
"CATHERINE HOWARD" THE SAME DAY AS HIS CHIEF MINISTER "THOMAS
CROMWELL" IS EXECUTED. |
| 28TH |
1588 |
THE SPANISH AMADA SETS SAIL TO
OVERTHROW ENGLAND’S "QUEEN ELIZABETH I." |
| 28TH |
1786 |
"SIR THOMAS HARRIOT" BRINGS THE FIRST POTATOES TO
ENGLAND FROM COLOMBIA. |
| 28TH |
1794 |
"MAXIMILIEN ROBESPIERRE"
& 19 OTHER FRENCH REVOLUTIONARIES WENT TO THE GUILLOTINE. |
| 28TH |
1853 |
GOLD IS DISCOVERED AT BUCKLAND RIVER, VICTORIA. |
| 28TH |
1858 |
THE FIRST USE OF FINGERPRINTS AS A
MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION BY "WILLIAM HERSCHEL" OF THE INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE AT
JUNGIPUR, INDIA. |
| 28TH |
1864 |
"ADAM LINDSAY GORDON" MAKES HIS FAMOUS HORSEBACK
LEAP OVER A FENCE AT THE EDGE OF BLUE LAKE, MT GAMBIER, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. |
| 28TH |
1866 |
THE U.S. ADOPTS THE METRIC SYSTEM OF
MEASUREMENT. |
| 28TH |
1883 |
SHOCKWAVES CAUSED BY THE VOLCANO "EPOMEO" ON THE
ISLE OF ISCHIA, ITALY, DESTROYS 1,200 HOUSESAT CASAMICCIOLA. |
| 28TH |
1900 |
THE HAMBURGER WAS CREATED BY
"LOUIS LASSING" IN CONNECTICUT. |
| 28TH |
1909 |
MOTOR TAXIS ARE FIRST USED IN SYDNEY. |
| 28TH |
1914 |
THE FOXTROT IS FIRST DANCED, BY
"HARRY FOX" AT NEW AMSTERDAM ROOF GARDEN, NEW YORK. |
| 28TH |
1928 |
THE OLYMPIC GAMES OPEN IN AMSTERDAM. |
| 28TH |
1933 |
THE FIRST SINGING TELEGRAM IS DELIVERED
TO "RUDY VALLEE" IN NEW YORK. |
| 28TH |
1934 |
MELBOURNES "HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE" OPENS. |
| 28TH |
1945 |
U.S. ARMY BOMBER CRASHES INTO THE
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING IN NEW YORK, KILLING 13. |
| 28TH |
1948 |
THE "I.G. FARBEN" CHEMICAL PLANT IN LUDWIGSHAFEN,
GERMANY, EXPLODES, KILLING 182. |
| 28TH |
1962 |
‘MARINER I’ LAUNCHED
TO MARS FALLS BACK TO EARTH. |
| 28TH |
1963 |
A BRITISH ACT WAS PASSED TO MAKE COIN MINTED IN SYDNEY, LEGAL
TENDER IN ALL COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES. |
| 28TH |
1964 |
‘RANGER 7’ LAUNCHED TOWARD THE MOON. IT
SENDS BACK 4,308 TV PICTURES. |
| 28TH |
1972 |
THE OLYMPIC TORCH BEGINS IT’S MOST TRAGIC JOURNEY TO
DATE ON THE WAY TO MUNICH. |
| 28TH |
1976 |
EARTHQUAKE IN THE TIAN SHAN AREA OF
NORTHERN CHINA CAUSED OVER 800,000 DEATHS. |
| 28TH |
1978 |
PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICES ARE DISCONTINUED IN TASMANIA. |
| 28TH |
1984 |
23RD OLYMPIC GAMES OPEN IN LOS ANGELES. |
| 28TH |
1986 |
AUSTRALIAN NUGGET GOLD COINS ARE STRUCK IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA. |
| 28TH |
1986 |
NASA RELEASES TRANSCRIPT FROM DOOMED
CHALLENGER PILOT, "MICHAEL SMITH." HE WAS HEARD SAYING, "UH-OH" AS THE
SPACECRAFT DISINTERGRATED. |
| 28TH |
1988 |
"WINNI MANDEL’S" HOME IN SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA,
IS DESTROYED BY ARSON. |
| 28TH |
1992 |
"PATTI LaBELLE" ABRUPTLY
ENDED A CONCERT IN WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND, AFTER COMPLAINING ON STAGE ABOUT BACKSTAGE FOOD. |
| 28TH |
1999 |
13 AUSTRALIAN TOURISTS DIED IN A SWISS RIVER TRAGEDY WHEN
THEY WERE CANYONING A CREEK WHICH SUDDENLY FLOODED. AMONG THE DEAD WERE, "BRIANA
SMITH" 19, OF ADELAIDE. |
| 28TH |
1999 |
FORMER ACTRESS, SEX SYMBOL,
"RAQUEL WELCH" 58, EMBARKED ON HER FOURTH MARRIAGE WHEN SHE WALKED DOWN THE
AISLE TO BE GIVEN AWAY BY HER SON, "DAMON" TO MARRY "RICHARD PALMER"
43, WHO RUNS A CHAIN A PIZZA RESTAURANTS. |
| 28TH |
1999 |
ACTRESS, "MOLLY RINGWALD" 31, MARRIED LONG TIME
BOYFRIEND, NOVELIST, "VALERY LAMEIGNERE" 33, IN BORDEAUX. |
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